Thesaurus results for FOCUSING

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adjective

variants also focussing

as in optical

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focusing

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verb

variants also focussing

present participle of focus

as in concentrating

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective try to focus your attention on the task at hand

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Recent Examples of focusing

Verb

The way to achieve the hairdo is by focusing the volume at the crown of the head. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Bali is all about balancing both form and function with key solutions focusing on comfort, smoothing, minimizing and breathability. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 The fifth ad in the campaign began airing Tuesday, focusing on his administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. — Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 His parents divorced in 2009 and the show was rebranded as Kate Plus Eight, focusing on Kate as a single mother. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026 According to Benski, focusing on talent over consolidation has been an important factor in Lumina’s lifecycle. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 Indeed, many have credited Lee Krasner with deflecting Pollock’s attention from Benton and focusing it on the great modern masters. — Barbara Rose, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 The third installment pivots slightly, focusing more on the experiences of Debra, who is haunted and hunted in the same way as her cousin, Jenny. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026 Market participants this week are focusing primary attention on the release of the Federal Reserve September meeting minutes on Wednesday. — CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing

Adjective

The resulting right-metal-right catalyst was then able to react, allowing for the formation of a product having very high optical purity.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Researchers at Washington University have developed a new method to let silicon photonics efficiently perform the optical functions needed to control and detect light, overcoming a key materials limitation that has restricted their capabilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of optical

Verb

Northeast Kansas City residents have expressed concerns about lack of community feedback and concentrating homeless services in certain areas, potentially overburdening a few neighborhoods rather than spreading services out more throughout the city.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
The distance from May to October meant that people probably felt a little freer to applaud Busch’s life, without concentrating too much on the details of his tragic and unexpected death.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of concentrating

Adjective

In this database, NPR found more than 1,000 reports of optic neuropathy linked to GLP-1s since 2024.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Following the successful activation of its infrared sensors, engineers moved on to calibrate the WFI's element wheel, which filters individual wavelengths for detection using a system of prisms and other optic mechanisms.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of optic

Verb

The biggest news going into the second week of this year’s riveting French Open?

— Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 June 2026
Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of riveting

Adjective

For instance in June, Jo Malone London launched an AI Scent Scanner that translates the visual preferences people have expressed across their Pinterest boards into personalized Jo Malone London fragrance recommendations.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Both also received high-gloss visual treatments, the former starring Nicole Kidman and the latter narrated by Sir Ian McKellen, aka Gandalf.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026